Gaslight

Resource Information

The work Gaslight represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Gaslight

Statement of responsibility

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; screenplay by John Van Druten, Walter Reisch and John L. Balderston ; directed by George Cukor ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr

Title variation

• Gas light
• Murder in Thornton Square
• Strange case of murder

Contributor

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Turner Entertainment Co
• Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Balderston, John L., (John Lloyd), 1889-1954
• Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982
• Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
• Breon, Edmund, 1882-1951
• Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994
• Cukor, George, 1899-1983
• Everest, Barbara, 1890-1968
• Hamilton, Patrick, 1904 March 17-1962
• Hobbes, Halliwell, 1877-1962
• Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., 1893-1976
• Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022
• Rameau, Emil, 1878-1957
• Reisch, Walter
• Stevenson, Tom, 1910-2004
• Van Druten, John, 1901-1957
• Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948

Subject

• Detective and mystery films
• Distress (Psychology) -- Drama
• England -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• Feature films
• Gas light fixtures -- Drama
• Hiding places -- Drama
• Horror plays
• Husband and wife -- Drama
• Jewel thieves -- Drama
• London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Murder -- Drama
• Murderers -- Drama
• Psychological abuse -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Wife abuse -- Drama

Genre

• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Language

eng

Summary

A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in her London home. She becomes the helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity

Awards note

Academy Awards, 1945: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ingrid Bergman); Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White. Golden Globes, 1945: Best Motion Picture Actress (Ingrid Bergman).

Cataloging source

FGM

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematographer, Joseph Ruttenberg ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; editor, Ralph E. Winters ; music, Bronislau Kaper ; costume designer, Irene ; special effects, Warren Newcombe

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

PerformerNote

Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty, Angela Lansbury, Barbara Everest, Emil Rameau, Edmund Breon, Halliwell Hobbes, Tom Stevenson

Runtime

113

Series statement

WB archive collection

Technique

live action